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[Marek Greško <mgresko8@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK. Thanks for clarification.

Marek


2016-02-06 18:28 GMT+01:00 Costales <costales@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> @Marek: There is a bug, if you use 2 GPS applications the GPS will not
> work for both of them. You can use one, close or leave a while in
> background and then run the another.
>
> If you use  a GPS application, the GPS will cache the position for
> another. Then, if you run OSMScout, close it and you go to a scope,
> the precision will be perfect.
>
> A hug.
> --
> Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu device
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Marek Greško <mgresko8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Turning off location detection disables access for last know position
> for a
> > map. I would like to stop only gps, not diasble access for last known
> > position to applications.
> >
> > And one more nearly offtopic question. Today I tried to use gps with
> > osmscout and sensor status. I was not able to get fix for a long time.
> More
> > than one hour. After I got fix with Sensor status, it looked like
> osmscout
> > still is not aware of the position. I also tried to reboot the phone and
> the
> > status was the same. Senserstatus had fix and osmscout did not know
> where I
> > am. Is not this information global for all apllications?
> >
> > Marek
> >
> >
> > 2016-02-06 17:52 GMT+01:00 Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 2:16 AM, Marek Greško <mgresko8@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I would prefer to have control over gps, whether it is ever user or
> not.
> >>> I understand your reasoning, but what if I want to start mapping
> application
> >>> without gps starting? I just want to search the map, not to navigate
> and
> >>> drain battery.
> >>
> >>
> >> Turning off location detection does this.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Also I added comment to the bug you mentioned, that it would be nice to
> >>> see what state the gps currently is. Whether it has fix or searching or
> >>> powersave and so.
> >>
> >>
> >> There is a task and bug logged to add  an indication of whether location
> >> detection is in use.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Marek
> >>>
> >>> 2016-01-28 17:26 GMT+01:00 Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:50 AM, royden yates <royden.yates@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:19:56 +0100
> >>>>> Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > On 28.01.2016 14:21, Alberto Mardegan wrote:
> >>>>> > > On 28/01/2016 15:36, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> >>>>> > >> Funny enough, the HERE webapp is the only thing that
> >>>>> > >> actually manages to get a GPS fix for me. I haven't ever
> >>>>> > >> seen a GPS fix in OSMScout or any other app.
> >>>>> > >
> >>>>> > > It shouldn't make any difference, which app you are using.
> >>>>> > > It may be that the only thing that changes is how you use
> >>>>> > > the phone while location service is on:
> >>>>> > >
> >>>>> > > - The app must be active on the foreground, and the screen
> >>>>> > > must be on
> >>>>> > > - For AGPS to work, you need to have WIFI on and be
> >>>>> > > connected to the internet (either wifi or cellular data, it
> >>>>> > > doesn't matter)
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Yes, that's what I would think too. But well, not what my
> >>>>> > device agrees with... I just opened Here. It loaded, 3 secs
> >>>>> > later it painted where I am. I closed it again, opened
> >>>>> > OSMScout and well, in the meantime I've typed this mail with
> >>>>> > the display on and OSMScout in foreground and it still thinks
> >>>>> > I'm sitting on the north pole...
> >>>>> > >
> >>>>> > > Ciao,
> >>>>> > >   Alberto
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Another issue, is that since the change to the notification drop
> >>>>> down, the gps chip itself is not seen to be enabled/disabled,
> >>>>> but "location detection" may be shown as enabled there,
> >>>>> perhaps confusingly. For gps chip status, one must know to go
> >>>>> to System Settings -> Battery screen.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This situation is inconsistent, as wifi and bluetooth chip power
> >>>>> states ARE shwon in notifications.  Why not gps?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> cheers Royden
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> We recently updated the spec to remove the GPS control entirely as
> >>>> explained in
> >>>>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-system-settings/+bug/1533837
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> Pat
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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